FORTESCUE 22-27 JULY 1943 (CAMOUFLAGE ASSESSMENT FILM OF BRITISH ARMY EXERCISE IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND) [Main Title]

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  • Title: FORTESCUE 22-27 JULY 1943 (CAMOUFLAGE ASSESSMENT FILM OF BRITISH ARMY EXERCISE IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6359
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Training film showing good and bad camouflage practice during Operation Fortescue 22nd - 29th July 1943.
  • Description: 10:49:30 - Caption "Fortescue 22nd July - 29th July 1943. Caption: General praise for the improvement of camouflage use but a few pointers for improvement. Mentions 6th FD REGT. R.A. (6th Field Regiment Royal Artillery). Gorse with netted guns concealed beneath shot from ground level. B&W stills with animated arrow showing camouflage positions. Caption - 59th HY. REGT. R.A. (59th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery). Aerial shots of woodland and tracks from low altitude. Artillery under nets in field, shot from the ground. Aerial Shots of tracks and guns under nets. Caption - 72 MED. REGT. R.A. (72nd Medium Regiment Royal Artillery). B&W stills with animated arrow showing gun emplacements under camouflage. Colour of guns in hedgerow under nets. Caption - 59 MED. REGT. R.A. (59th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery). Colour aerial shots of guns under nets in open fields with track marks. Short colour shots of guns under nets shot on the ground. B&W aerial photos with animated arrow. Colour aerial shots of hedgerow. Caption - 7th SURREY REGT. R.A. & C.B.O. (7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment and Counter Battery Officer). B&W stills of guns under nets from the ground. Colour footage of light vehicles (Quads and motorcycles) moving along road past camera, vehicles and riders have nets and foliage attached to them. Caption - 179 FD. REGT. R.A. (179th Field Regiment Royal Artillery). Various B&W stills from ground and air of artillery positions under camouflage with animated arrow. Caption - DEFICIENCIES NOTED IN CONCEALMENT WERE: Insufficient use of local material. 13th MED. REGT. R.A. (13th Medium Regiment. Royal Artillery) 133 FD. REGT. R.A. (133rd Field Regiment. Royal Artillery). B&W photos with animated arrow of various postions from ground and air. Caption - Harbours given away by (A) Delay before entering (B) Movement after Occupation 129 INF. BDE. (129nd Infantry Brigade) 158 INF. BDE. (158th Infantry Brigade) 81 FD REGT. R.A. (81st Field Regiment). Caption - 110 & 116 L.A.A. REGTS. R.A. (110th and 116th Light Anti-aircraft Regiments. Royal Artillery). B&W stills of guns under nets and covered in tree branches from various angles. Caption - 60 H.A.A. REGT. R. A. (6th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment. Royal Artillery). B&W stills of hedgerows from the air with animated arrows. Caption - FORTRESS AREA 59 DIV 27TH JUNE 1943. 1400HRS. Caption - 5 S. STAFFORDS WELL HOUSE WOOD and OLD PLANTATION (5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment). B&W stills of various aerial and ground shots of camouflaged emplacements. Caption - 1/6 S. STAFFS WETHERHILL SCRUB. Caption - 207 BTY 110 FD. REGT. M.R. 509733. (207th Battery, 110th Field Regiment + Map Reference). Caption 242 & 243 BTYS. 116 FD. REGT. R.A. (242nd and 243rd Batteries 116th Field Regiment. Royal Artillery). B&W aerial stills with animated arrow of emplacements in fields. Caption - 511 FD PK COY CONOCK CLUMP (511th Field Park Company). B&W aerial stills of fields. Caption - FORTRESS AREA 29TH JUNE 1943 1400 HRS. Caption - WETHERHILL PLANTATION BN. H.Q. 2/6 S. STAFFS. Caption - CHIRTON GORGE HEAVY CONCENTRATION AT 517734. B&W various stills with animated arrow of shelled areas. Caption - REAR OF THE TARGET AREA V. 104. Caption - 300 INF. BDE COY R.A.S.C. 59 INF. DIV. "A" TROOP 381 BTY. 116 LAA REGT. RA. (300th Infantry Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps) (381st Battery. 116th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Royal Artillery). Colour shots of soldiers using branches and nets to camouflage vehicles in hedgerows. Gun camouflaged with branches. Smoke coming from shelling in distance on plain. Great clouds of smoke billowing into the air (possibly smoke screen demonstrations).
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 6359
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1943-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Good, Harold L (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 396 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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